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Definition of whiffing : 1. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.
2. of Whiff
3. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.

Synonyms:

exhaling, perfuming, emanating, breathing, smelling, trailing, stinking

Usage examples:

• Then he went cautiously round his prison, whiffing the sides, rearing up on the log walls. - "Frank of Freedom Hill", Samuel A. Derieux.
• The place was soon full of smoke, and after a vigorous whiffing I succeeded in making it habitable. - "Missionary Work Among The Ojebway Indians", Edward Francis Wilson.
• He emitted a single whiffing snort, and flinging his tail high in air, made for the other side of the prairie as if Death himself was racing at his heels. - "The Hunters of the Ozark", Edward S. Ellis.